Abstract
Although clean air is one of the most important necessities for human life and health, the risk of natural disasters causing air pollution that reduces or inhibits “resiliency” of the victims and communities has not been well understood. This chapter examines the secondary disaster of the air pollution events induced by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011—such as the release and diffusion of radioactive substances from the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, chemical contamination in indoor air of temporary housing built (so-called Sick House Syndrome), and the scattering of asbestos fibers liberated by the quake and tsunami. Air pollution is something that often cannot be seen until severe impacts are noticed later. The paper then describes the importance of air quality monitoring by scientific means and sharing knowledge for risk recognition and immediate pollution controls based on the identification of source of problems for risk reduction, in the context of resilience.
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